# Two interesting news stories this morning **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343 "2012-06-16T15:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/1 "2012-06-16T15:37:25Z")
1. Man In Oregon Gets Plague From Stray Cat Bite. The story reveals that the man was trying to take a dead rodent from a stray cat’s mouth. WTF? Why? 2. China Puts First Woman in Orbit. I wonder if this is a new way to cope with the overpopulation problem. They will keep putting women in space, but not bring them back. Might work better than the One Child Only dictum. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/2 "2012-06-16T15:45:40Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > 1. Man In Oregon Gets Plague From Stray Cat Bite. > The story reveals that the man was trying to take a dead rodent from a stray cat’s mouth. WTF? Why? It was in his house? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/3 "2012-06-16T16:11:18Z")
Plague? As in Bubonic Plague? From a cat’s bite? Wow! I thought that Y. pestis was transmitted by fleas. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/4 "2012-06-16T16:16:42Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Plague? As in Bubonic Plague? From a cat’s bite? Wow! > I thought that Y. pestis was transmitted by fleas. It probably came from the rat. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/5 "2012-06-16T19:59:12Z")
News item from an online Oregon newspaper: [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OR\_PLAGUE\_OREGON\_OROL-?SITE=ORBEN&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OR_PLAGUE_OREGON_OROL-?SITE=ORBEN&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/6 "2012-06-16T20:13:40Z")
Yeah, it’s not unusual, it seems, a new case every few years in Oregon alone. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/7 "2012-06-16T22:08:18Z")
Bubonic plague is not really retro at all. It’s always been out there, endemic to many areas. Heck, in med school I remember the med student society putting on a show where “Having my bubo” was sung! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/8 "2012-06-16T22:16:03Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Bubonic plague is not really retro at all. It’s always been out there, endemic to many areas. > > Heck, in med school I remember the med student society putting on a show where “Having my bubo” was sung! That doesn’t sound like a lovely way of saying how much you love me. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/9 "2012-06-17T00:33:22Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Bubonic plague is not really retro at all. It’s always been out there, endemic to many areas. Lot’s of plague in the Colorado Rodents and critters. I always wanted to write a cheesy horror movie set at Rocky Flats; Plague infested Prairie Dogs + nuclear waste disposal+ unsuspecting hippies = awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/10 "2012-06-17T02:32:58Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Lot’s of plague in the Colorado Rodents and critters. > > I always wanted to write a cheesy horror movie set at Rocky Flats; Plague infested Prairie Dogs + nuclear waste disposal+ unsuspecting hippies = awesome. Kickstart that sucker!! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/11 "2012-06-17T02:38:45Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Kickstart that sucker!! If you don’t write it, I will. 🙂 (I just have to finish my existing one…") ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/12 "2012-06-17T02:46:23Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > ``` > The story reveals that the man was trying to take a dead rodent from a stray cat's mouth. WTF? Why? > > ``` “Mine!!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-interesting-news-stories-this-morning/625343/13 "2012-06-17T02:49:23Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I always wanted to write a cheesy horror movie set at Rocky Flats; Plague infested Prairie Dogs + nuclear waste disposal+ unsuspecting hippies = awesome. I’m seeing Zhang Ziyi as the plucky astronaut/love interest.